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Look to windward: Audiobook

The Look to windward audiobook runs an estimated 10.9 hours (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9est. listening hrs
4.1★35 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Look to windward at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 58% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 10.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq. The light from the second may not.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Look to windward audiobook?

Look to windward runs about 10.9 hours, our estimate from its 369 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Look to windward audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is Look to windward worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Look to windward first published?

Look to windward by Iain Banks was first published in 2000.